How to %26quot;go green%26quot; for beginners? What are some good beginning steps for someone to %26quot;go green%26quot;? We already recycle (it’s almost mandatory in my town), and I don%26#039;t plan to buy a hybrid or taking public transportation (I live a mile from work), and I%26#039;m not in the market to renovate my house. I%26#039;m looking for some, less than traumatic, ways of becoming more environmentally friendly. I figure, if I start with some smaller steps, then it will be easier to stick with than try to change my whole lifestyle at once. Any good ideas? 0% 0 Votes

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http://www.treehugger.com/gogreen.php
These are some helpful things on how to be green. Google some more up if you want to. ;] GOOGLE!! :D 0% 0 Votes 0% 0 Votes

start planting trees 0% 0 Votes

Grow a garden. Even if you have only space in the flower beds around your home, you can meet much of your food needs by interspersing food plants and spices in with your flowers and landscape plants. The discouraging thing for many is that they do not grow their veggies at the correct time of year. Find out from seed packages, websites and so on, when the best times are to plant certain types of veggie seeds or transplants. (Example: don%26#039;t transplant small tomato plants into direct sunlight in mid-June in the American South! You%26#039;ll waste water, because they will die anyways!)
Here is something I do to keep down weeds and keep my veggie garden and flower beds moist: I shred my junk mail. I started because I didn%26#039;t like sensitive documents like old checks and bills put into the trash, plus I live in an area where we all in this subdivision have to pay high rates for garbage pickup. So I started using my old checks and my junk mail to shred and mulch my gardens. I don%26#039;t pay for garbage pickup, because this area is within two miles of the county landfill and recycling center. I recycle almost all of my trash. I tear out cellophane windows before shredding envelopes.
Cut off all appliances and lights not in use. Dress casually and cool. I use jeans and t-shirts now, instead of clothes that require lots of special attention. I have shoes repaired when possible, instead of simply tossed out to be a disposal problem and end up in a landfill. Take old clothes to a Goodwill box or give them to others who I know can use them.
I ride a bike to the mailbox one mile away, thus getting exercise and saving a bit on gas. I trim my grass close to flower beds with hand clippers (and put the grass over the shredded-paper mulch to make it look more natural), saving gas that%26#039;d be used by a weed-eater. (I used to raise chickens, who were crazy for these clippings---chickens are easy to raise and are great garbage disposals!) 0% 0 Votes

go to these sites and get these books

treehugger.com
green.alltop.com
ecomall.com
ecochoices.com
naturalcollection.com
theorganicpages.com
newdream.org
coopamerica.com
ens-newswire.com
foe.org
environmentaldefense.org
epa.gov
awionline.org
catgen.com/ifat/en
fairtrade.net

just keep cutting and pasting my friend you will find what you need especially on treehugger.com and ecomall.com its a amazing resource but dont discount green.alltop.com either because it is a site that has major green sites all in one place that is a link to them and is updated daily i love it

books

365 ways to change the world : how to make a difference--one day at a time / Michael Norton

500 ways to change the world / Global Ideas Bank ; edited and compiled by Nick Temple


Farewell, my Subaru : an epic adventure in local living / Doug Fine


Go green, live rich : 50 simple ways to save the Earth and get rich trying / David Bach, with Hillary Rosner.

The green book : the everyday guide to saving the planet one simple step at a time / Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen with a foreword by Cameron Diaz and William McDonough


Green living : the E magazine handbook for living lightly on the earth / by the editors of E/the environmental magazine

It%26#039;s easy being green : a handbook for earth-friendly living / Crissy Trask ; illustrations by Mike Clelland.

The lazy environmentalist : your guide to easy, stylish, green living / Josh Dorfman

Making kind choices : everyday ways to enhance your life through earth- and animal-friendly living / Ingrid Newkirk ; foreword by Paul McCartney.


MySpace OurPlanet : change is possible / by the MySpace community ; with Jeca Taudte ; foreword by Tom Anderson

Worldchanging : a user%26#039;s guide for the 21st century / edited by Alex Steffen ; foreword by Al Gore ; design by Sagmeister


Ethical markets : growing the green economy / Hazel Henderson with Simran Sethi ; foreword by Hunter Lovins


Sustainable planet : solutions for the twenty-first century / edited by Juliet B. Schor and Betsy Taylor


trust me there all excellent books i love them and they have alot of info 0% 0 Votes